Marco Andretti

Needing a strong final push to challenge for the IndyCar championship, Scott Dixon can't ask for a much better opportunity than this. In third place in the standings with three races remaining, Dixon will start from the front Sunday at Mid-Ohio, the track where he has won five times in 10 starts and looks as dominant as ever this weekend. Dixon set a track record with his pole-winning time Saturday and understands this may be the best chance he'll get to close the gap on points leader Juan Pablo Montoya. "It's pretty tight around second, third, fourth, fifth, even going down to sixth I think at this point," Dixon said. "All of us have got to have a good run,...

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Needing a strong final push to challenge for the IndyCar championship, Scott Dixon can't ask for a much better opportunity than this.
In third place in the standings with three races remaining, Dixon will start from the front Sunday at Mid-Ohio, the...

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Team Penske's inability to win an IndyCar race at the Iowa Speedway has always felt more like an anomaly than a trend. This might be the year that one of open wheel's biggest programs finally snaps an eight-year skid in Iowa: Penske...

The Lehigh Valley is home to the Andretti clan, one of the top names in auto racing, but it was also known as the home of some of the top racing tracks.
Sure, you may know about Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, which hosts two NASCAR races and an IndyCar...

MILWAUKEE — Sebastien Bourdais pulled away following a late caution to win Sunday at the Milwaukee Mile, his second IndyCar victory of the season. Bourdais was dominating before the caution flag came out on Lap 222 after Justin Wilson's car stalled. He...

Graham Rahal held onto the lead out of a caution with three laps left to earn his second IndyCar win, closing out a wild, record-setting day at Auto Club Speedway on Saturday.
A sparse crowd showed up to Auto Club Speedway, but the few fans got to see...

FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — The Southern California heat did nothing to slow Team Penske.
Simon Pagenaud earned his second career IndyCar pole and teammate Helio Castroneves finished right behind him, giving Team Penske the top two spots in qualifying on a...

TORONTO (AP) — What a difference one race made.
Josef Newgarden took the lead on the 72nd lap and never relinquished it, finishing 1.4485 seconds ahead of teammate Luca Filippi at the Honda Indy Toronto. And the 1-2 effort in the 85-lap event over the...

Marco Andretti has never led a lap in an IndyCar race on the streets of Toronto, yet he says, "Toronto is definitely on the top three list of places where a win would mean the most — along with Indy and Long Beach."
The Verizon IndyCar Series...

DETROIT (AP) — The first caution period began about midway through the race.
It was followed by another. And then another. Yellow flags all the way until the final laps.
It made for tedious viewing for fans — but the constant cycle of starting and...

DETROIT — Carlos Munoz has his first career IndyCar victory, winning Saturday at Belle Isle when the race was called because of rain after 47 laps.The 23-year-old Colombian driver had a substantial lead when a caution flag came out with just over 30...

INDIANAPOLIS — Young driver Sage Karam, a 2014 graduate of Nazareth High School, never finished the first lap at the Indianapolis 500, getting taken out during a risky maneuver by Takuma Sato before the field made it back around.
At least Karam could...

A weekly look back at sports in the Lehigh Valley, in anniversaries of multiples of five years.
May 25
1995—For the second straight year owning the top seed proves fruitless for Northampton as the Konkrete Kids lose in the opening round of the...

If the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is auto racing's Field of Dreams, it's also the sport's House of Horrors.
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INDIANAPOLIS —Nazareth native Marco Andretti finished sixth and another Nazareth native, Sage Karam, was 32nd on Sunday in the 99th Running of the Indianapolis 500. The race was won in dramatic fashion by Team Penske's Juan Pablo Montoya.
Andretti,...

Marco Andretti finished an uneventful sixth in Sunday's 99th Indianapolis 500, but the day was anything but uneventful for Sage Karam.The Honda-powered cars were simply outclassed by the Chevys, with Juan Pablo Montoya winning for Team Penske.Montoya,...

The Lehigh Valley hasn't had an Indianapolis 500 victory celebration in 46 years.Sage Karam said the other day that it's about time for another one.The 20-year-old Nazareth Area High School graduate was suggesting that he might be the honored guest.But...

EDITORS NOTE: This is one in a series of briefs on drivers Marco Andretti and Sage Karam, both of Nazareth, as they prepare for the 99th Running of the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday. Nazareth's Marco Andretti and...

Nazareth High graduate Sage Karam will compete in his second Indianapolis 500 this weekend, and a veteran ESPN racing analyst considers him a contender. Dr. Jerry Punch called Karam "a young Michael Andretti" who could be an upset winner....

In his more than 30 years as a broadcaster and reporter for ESPN, Dr. Jerry Punch said he has covered Super Bowls, World Series and Final Fours. Yet, he still puts the Indianapolis 500 at the top of the list of events to cover.
"I've done a lot of...

The Flyers went outside the organization to find a new head coach, hiring University of North Dakota coach Dave Hakstol. North Dakota made the NCAA Tournament in every one of Hakstol's 11 seasons and reached the Frozen Four seven times, including this...